It has been announced that Executive Director John LaRue would step down from his duties as Executive Director of Port Corpus Christi on January 1, 2018, and officially retire from the Port in June, 2019.

Overdimensional logistics network, Project Professionals Group’s 11th annual conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, USA, from 26-28 September next year (2018). PPG chairman-Founder Kevin Stephens said the Port of Portland and the Port of Vancouver USA were the joint major sponsors for the event. “The Port of Portland and the Port of Vancouver USA are both dynamic organisations and have put forward an excellent conference proposal and we thank them for their support and hospitality,” Mr Stephens said.

PPG is delighted to advise the appointment of Concargo (Pty) Ltd. And Maritime Shipping & Charter (Pty) Ltd. as our new members for South Africa and we congratulate David Alexander Kruyer and Colin Bacon and their team on these appointments. Established in 1987, Concargo are proven and experienced project forwarders with an enviable track record of success.

PPG Qld., Australia member, CMX Global Logistics, has successfully concluded a shipment of 48 modules ex Vietnam to Christchurch, New Zealand. This shipments is the first of many that will ease New Zealand's hotel room shortage. When assembled it will be the first 4 storey 4 star module hotel complex in New Zealand. CMX arranged all shipping, transport, quarantine and port-side coordination in both Vietnam and New Zealand.